Tuesday 23 July 2019

Jurmala, Palermo this week

Titles from last week:

Bucharest 
Elena Rybakina defeated qualifier Patricia Maria Tig 6-2 6-0

Lausanne 
Fiona Ferro defeated Alizé Cornet (3) 6-1 2-6 6-1

This week, the WTA Tour heads to Jurmala and Palermo.

Baltic Open - a WTA International category tournament, on Red Clay, in Jurmala, Latvia, 22-28 July 2019.

This is the first edition of the Baltic Open, which replaces the Moscow River Cup, contested only in 2018.


The following players withdrew after entering but before the main draw was published:


- Vitalia Diatchenko replaced by Chloe Paquet 

- Ivana Jorovic replaced by Han Xinyun 

- Kaia Kanepi replaced by Anhelina Kalinina

- Daria Kasatkina replaced by Varvara Flink 

- Veronika Kudermetova replaced by Kristina Kucova 

- Kateryna Kozlova replaced by Patricia Maria Tig

- Vera Lapko replaced by Elena Rybakina 

- Yulia Putintseva replaced by Ana Bogdan 

- Evgeniya Rodina replaced by Kristyna Pliskova 

- Alison Van Uytvanck replaced by Ysaline Bonaventure 


Anastasija Sevastova, world number 11, is top seed.

The orher seeds are all in the top 83

There are no byes


Palermo Ladies Open - a WTA International category tournament, on Red Clay, in Palermo, Italy, 22-28 July 2019.
This is the first time the tournament has been held since 2013.


The following players withdrew after entering but before the main draw was published:


- Mona Barthel replaced by Arantxa Rus

- Aliona Bolsova replaced by Antonia Lottner 

- Julia Goerges replaced by Irina-Camelia Begu 

- Polona Hercog replaced by Lara Arruabarrena 

- Mandy Minella replaced by Natalia Vikhlyantseva 

- Karolina Muchova replaced by Paula Badosa

- Anna Karolina Schmiedlova replaced by Stefanie Voegele 

- Zhang Shuai replaced by Ekaterine Gorgodze 

- Timea Bacsinszky replaced by lucky loser Liudmila Samsonova 


Kiki Bertens, world number 5, is top seed.

The other seeds are all in the top 98

There are no byes

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